Hornet Basketball

K3 had another game last night. They battled to the end but came up short against Stockbridge. Kirk had a good game.

Such CUTE kids!

Took 3 tries to get one good picture!


Konnor and Kayla decided to make a cake the other night after dinner.....mind you this wasn't just any ordinary boring cake. They took their time to frost...decorate... and created the most delicious cake ever!

pssst! don't tell Kay but I think I'm secretly enjoying her being home and going to JCC this semester!

YOU gotta be kidding me?!

I can't believe we have another day off school! I could understand the 2 hour delay this morning because driving home from Harper Creek was horrible last night. Seriously couldn't see 30 feet infront of the car. It always makes you a little hesitant to take Jonesville Rd when it's

that bad because you never know when you are going to come up on an Omish buggy. Well, since the science fair project is done, laundry is pretty much caught up, cleaned the house this morning, I guess that leaves some other "sorting" projects for the day. My scrappin' table has turned into a catch all and needs some immediate attention. Hmmm....maybe I can finish my book today?

Ahh.....another snow day!

What a nice way to start a weekend....an extra day to get things done. Kraig has a science fair project due on Tuesday that he has been slowly working on for weeks. I know that he is my biggest procrastinator but give me a break! He has been testing different music selections to see how they affect peoples heartbeat and pulse. Now we just have to type all of the stuff up and put it on the board. Thank God I can do science fair projects in my sleep.....just think of all those other parents that are freaking out this weekend.


Found this quote this morning in an email and loved it!

"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so love the

people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and

believe that everything happens for a reason.

If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it.

Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it."

Harvey Mackay

Happy as a CLAM!!

Konnor's first rabbit! (I think you will appreciate the Kitty pictures once you see todays. Hope they aren't 1st for long)

Konnor and Drew gutting the poor thing!
Digging the final dissecting phase!

"Happy as a CLAM!" That was my 6 AM quote after I found out that we didn't have school today! Tuesday's are my best day to have off because that means no more kindergarten for another week. I know that sounds horrible but really have you spent 40 minutes trying to corale 25 kindergarteners into learning locomotor skill benchmarks. It isn't much fun!! So here is the day after 6 AM recapped....woke up and weighed 1.5 lbs more than the last two weeks....(i'm sure you can figure out why)....decided to sit in the College sauna before weighing in...missed my 10% key chain award that I have been breaking my back to make by .8lbs.....yes, you read correctly not even one pound! I know there is always next week but I really wanted it today! I came home and started hussling around to clean.....do laundry....and then sent K2 to WalMart to buy a new carpet cleaner. Now all of the couches and carpets on the first floor are CLEAN!!

Konnor and his friend Drew rode dirt bikes and hunted all day. K2 decided to take them rabbit hunting before his dentist appointment. The good news is that Konnor got 1.....the bad news....I got to help Drew and Konnor gut this rabbit while K2 went to the dentist. How wonderful?!

NOT!! I didn't enjoy the gutting or dismembering of the poor bunny fufu....but got into the dissection mode once we brought it into the kitchen.

Too busy to Blog!

Konnor in motion last weekend.

Winter Wonderland??? Look how cool the frozen snow chunks look!

So I know it sounds like a lame excuse but I really have been too busy to blog. If I'm not at a basketball game, running someone to baseball practice, or attending other kid functions then I am cleaning, doing laundry, or making food. Seriously takes all of my energy to keep up with everyone's schedule and needs. Konnor had a soccer tourney last weekend. K3 had 2 games this week. Kraig preformed at the State Honors Choir at DeVos Hall yesterday. We have only the cool shots of the frozen river....and one of the pre-show set up....because they wouldn't let you take pictures during the performance and they actually had picture police roaming the isles. We will be getting a CD/DVD in the near future so I will share pictures then.

Inside vs. Outside KITTY!

Hey, what are you doing inside?

Why are your ears back? Don't you love me anymore?

Hey, your not being very friendly at all!



Hunter has been staying mostly inside since that last cold snap/snowstorm we had a few weeks back. I think she would be very happy to change her address permently to inside the house. Squirt, however, is still strictly outside. Yesterday morning I was sitting at the table enjoying my oatmeal and a book when they started this hilarious "play/fight" through the sliding glass door. I will have to say it was very amusing and I don't think that Squirt actually got the fact that she was not HAPPY to see him.

Lordy, lordy looks who's 40 plus 1!

So the rhyme doesn't really fit when your older than 40 but you can't blame me for trying. Today was a pretty typical day around the Putnam homestead. Laundry, groceries, sorting closets, homework, making dinner (steak, baked potato, salad---the reason the kitchen looks like a hurricane hit behind me!), etc. The plus of today was the chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. YUMMY!!

Waking up in a snowglobe!

What a welcomed surprise this morning when we looked out the front door. Old man winter was definitely doing his job last night. Why am I so excited about the snow? Because it means the kids can get out of the house to snowmobile and sled....yeah, not stuck in the house with nothing to do. K2 and I got up and dug out before the boys even woke up. Ok, granted it was 12:15 when we came in but still was nice. k3 and Kraig both had parties to go to last night. Konnor was at his friend Drew's house so all was quiet in our NEST! K2 and I watched a movie and I fell asleep (don't worry I woke up at 11 PM) and watched the New Year come in. Then K2 had to go retrieve all the boys in that terrible snowstorm while I held down the fort or should I say couch. Today we had horsdovers (sp) and watched football. What a layed back day!

OCD Closets

We now have two new OCD closets in our house. A few weeks ago Kirk2, Konnor, and I tackled the closet in the boys room. This week K2 redid K3's closet. The shelves look awesome but you know how much I love sorting through all those clothes.....NOT! It does feel good to get things like this done over Xmas break.

A Christmas Break to remember.....

Kraig in the horizontal position that lasted 7 days!

The trailblazer's front end after the telephone pole got in the way!



Not a really positive start to xmas break. Kraig came home sick with Strep on thursday and by monday had a secondary infection of his mouth. Needless to say, he did nothing but lay on the couch for 7 days. His mouth and lips were covered in blisters which made eating and drinking next to impossible. I think he said he lost 8 pounds this week. Konnor went to the doctor on Monday with a staph infection on his glutious maximus (butt). He too went on oral antibiotics and cream. Had a sore little tushy for a few days though. Then on Thursday we redid K3's closet. It looks great but the sorting was obnoxious! Thursday and Friday K3 had basketball tournament games. They came in 2nd. Could have won 1st but they played crappy on Friday. Before the game I was taking Kraig to a friends and slid into a telephone pole....hence the V looking front end. Of course, police report, insurance claim, and $1,500 estimate left me feeling anything but Christmas Cheer.

Week wrap-up

Kayla and Konnor's snowman....poor thing already lost his eyeballs.

Wednesday Kraig had his last basketball game against Albion. What a way to end a season?! They definitely can play basketball. Kirk3 had his Christmas Concert that night also. It was very nicely done. It featured the Jazz band, HHS band, both HHS Choirs, orchestra, and many solo performances. You definitely got your monies worth with this 2 1/2 hour performance. Kraig came home from school sick on Thursday with Strep throat. He is still out of it on the couch this morning. Now that school is done for a few weeks.....we have shifted into Operation Xmas mode. K2 is going out this morning to finish up shopping and then we have to quickly wrap everything before we start unwrapping on Monday morning at Putnam's. I am meeting my parents in Jtown tonight to celebrate my mom's birthday tonight. Happy Birthday MOM!

SNOWDAY

Kirk3 and his buddies before the Snowball Dance! Yes, I had to steal them from someone elses pictures because we weren't home.

Nothing is better than finding out about a snowday before you go to bed. What a relief!! We can bring the tree in tomorrow and get some things done that didn't get done because we were shopping.

It's beginning to look a lot like ......

a tundra! At least it sure is more snow than we have had in a long time. We woke up this morning and the first thing Konnor said was "you gotta see the snowman mom!" The poor thing was buried up to his eyeballs and only his arm made it out. I for one would like a snowday tomorrow but I know we won't be that lucky. Kirk and I did our annual Powershop Marathon. Seriously got to figure a better way to get our shopping done next year.....I know I said the same thing last year too. We left Hillsdale at about 9:30 and got back 12 hours later. Mr. and Mrs. P came down to watch the boys. We did get a lot accomplished but what a headache?! Today we worked our fannies off....literally. The guys all went out to shovel out this morning and I stayed inside to clean the house. I think I got the better deal. Then we pilled in the truck and plowed through the snow on the roads to go get our tree. Now the snow was actually thigh high in spots but we did manage to find a nice one. Definitely didn't look at every tree this year. It is now thawing out in a bucket in the garage. Hopefully we can find two seconds this week to get it in the house. Another reason for wanting a snowday tomorrow. This week there is at least 2 things going on each night. When will this crazy lifestyle end?!

What's happening in our neck of the woods!

Kraig has had a few games already this season but I haven't had the chance to download these pictures. He has played very aggressively and done a good job on defense. The end scores have not left DMS the winners but the games have been fun to watch. K3's team came out on top against East Jackson tonight. I stayed home to go to Weight Watchers and to be with Kraig (home sick today with a bad headache). Good news for me though tonight because I met my lifetime goal (little gold key) and can now attend WW for the rest of my life for free as long as I stay within 2 lbs. of my goal weight. I haven't said much about my weight loss efforts but tonight is definitely worth mentioning. I have now lost 12 lbs. and have two more to go before I hit the original 10% body weight goal. YIPPEE!!

K

What do you want for Xmas?

Picture of Grandma and Grandpa Warren at the Read to Me after Thanksgiving Program. The boys had to dress like Homeys......
hence the baller hat Konnor is sporting in this pic.


I think the only thing that would be on my list this week is a Body Double. Not a Double Body....I think I have pretty much taken care of that problem at Weight Watchers. I just need a clone....you know someone to stand in for me. I have too many places to be this week and not enough of me to go around. We have 4 games this week and a couple of Dr. Apts., Weight Watchers, choir concert, etc. that need to be done at the same time. Yikes!! Monday Kraig is at Albion and I also have an appointent at 4. Tuesday Kirk3 has a game at East Jackson HS and I have Weight Watchers before I can go to that game. K2 has an end of the year football meeting and won't be able to go to the game. Wednesday Kraig has a game at home. Thursday K2 has a dentist appointment in Jackson with the specialist, K3 has PT conferences, and Kraig has his DMS Choir Concert. Oh, boy! Friday K3 has a game at home. Yeppers, I really need a CLONE!